Jan. 29, 2002

GAME BACKDROP: Coming off a 75-66 America East victory over Hartford,Stony Brook takes a break from conference play tonight as the Seawolves play host to Ivy League foe Princeton.

THE SERIES: Stony Brook has won the only previous meeting between the teams, a 77-55 victory in Princeton, N.J., last season. Jill George scored a career-high 23 points and had 12 rebounds while Theresa LoParrino collected 21 points, going 14-of-15 from the free throw line. The Seawolves had a 20-2 run over the final five minutes to earn their 13th victory and hand the Tigers their 16th defeat.

ABOUT THE TIGERS: Princeton has not played since a Jan. 12 date with Dartmouth, with the Tigers suffering their first Ivy League loss, 65-58. The Tigers shot just 35 percent from the field and 36 percent from three-point range while Dartmouth made 56 percent of its shots. The Big Green also outrebounded the Tigers 38-24. Allison Cahill leads the Tigers with 15.3 points per game while Kelly Schaeffer chips in with 12.3 per game. Lauren Rigney adds 10.8 points per game.

LAST TIME OUT: Danielle DeGiorgio collected a career-high 21 points and also had eight rebounds as Stony Brook snapped a two-game losing streak with a 75-66 win over Hartford on Saturday. Sherry Jordan registered her sixth double-double of the season with 25 points and 12 rebounds. The Pack opened the game with a 17-7 run keyed by DeGiorgio's eight points and built its biggest lead of the half at 38-24 on Erika Shipley's free throw with 1:20 left. The Hawks made a run at the Seawolves midway through the second half. A 7-0 run closed an 11-point deficit to four points with 6:40 remaining, making the score 59-55. The Seawolves answered with 10 of the game's next 12 points as five different players contributed to a run that gave them a 69-57 lead with 3:10 remaining. Hartford never got closer than seven points the rest of the way. Theresa LoParrino joined Jordan and DeGiorgio in double figures with 10 points.

AIR JORDAN: The America East named Sherry Jordan its Player of the Week for the second time this season on Monday. Jordan had an exceptional week to receive the honor, averaging 23.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals in two games last week. In a 71-59 loss to Vermont, Jordan scored a game-high 22 points on 10-of-23 shooting, her second-best effort from the floor this season. She also collected seven rebounds and had two steals against the Catamounts. Jordan followed that up with a game-high 25-point performance against Hartford. Jordan also grabbed 12 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season and shot a season-best 12-of-14 from the free throw line to help Stony Brook seal its fourth conference win.

D-LIGHTFUL: Sophomore Danielle DeGiorgio was outstanding against Hartford, netting a career-high 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting from the floor. DeGiorgio also collected eight rebounds, playing the entire 40 minutes.

ON THE CLIMB: Senior Jill George needs just six blocks to become the all-time career leader in Stony Brook history. George has 93 career blocks going into Tuesday's game. The all-time leader is Erika Bascom, who collected 98 blocks from 1991-95.

SHOOTING EYE: The Seawolves had a much-improved shooting effort from the floor against Hartford. After hitting under 40 percent in the previous three games, Stony Brook came out on fire against the Hawks, nailing 16-of-30 shots in the first half for 53 percent. Despite a subpar 6-of-21 effort in the second stanza, the Seawolves still managed a 43 percent shooting effort on the day, their best effort in five games. Not only that, SBU nailed 5-of-11 three-point attempts (46 percent), breaking a string of five games in which the Seawolves hit less than 30 percent from behind the arc.

MOVING ON UP: Jill George's seven rebounds against Hartford gives her 602 in her career, keeping her in fifth-place all-time. Fourth-place might be a tough hurdle, as George needs 114 to move past Erika Bascom, who collected 715 from 1991-95.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN: After spending much of January in the friendly confines of the SBU Sports Complex, the Seawolves will now have to prove their mettle away from home. After today's game, Stony Brook hits the road for six out of the next seven games. The Seawolves have just three more games remaining at home. With one more win on the road, Stony Brook will improve upon last year's 2-9 finish. So far this season, the Seawolves are 2-3 in road games and 1-1 at neutral sites.